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Phryne Fisher ([personal profile] fishingfortrouble) wrote in [community profile] sixthiterationlogs2018-12-30 03:09 pm

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WHO: Phryne Fisher
WHERE: House 38
WHEN: Dec. 21st
OPEN TO: Vanille
WARNINGS: None atm


For all that Phryne is at least aware that nor all is entirely well in the state of Demark, to borrow a turn of phrase, the 21st dawns bright and clear. It is, admittedly, significantly colder than Phryne is usually used to it being on her birthday and she's more alone than is customarily the case besides (not that she blames Vanille for needing some space giving the events of yesterday), but other than that it's a perfectly acceptable day. And since there's not anywhere she particularly needs to me, she plans to make the most of it.

For a time, she evens manages something approximating her usual habits - she spends a good long while simply lying around in bed, before finally puttering downstairs to get a fire started. And with that done, she settles in to see if there's any interesting conversations going on over the devices. It's then that she spots the countdown, and the video associated. And before she really stops to think about, she's opening up the video.

She regrets it almost immediately; the video opening on a panicked cry from her and then a blur of chaotic motion, Jack's cry of 'police, out of the way!' cutting through the chaos before there's suddenly a gun at her head and a voice that very nearly brings her to her knees before the video abruptly ends. If she could have dropped the watch then, she would have, her very soul rebelling at the reminder. Not just of René but of Jack. Of the people she's left behind, whose lives she must have simply vanished from, and without even thinking about it she collapses in a heap, voice breaking around a sob.

(It figures, she thinks dimly, that even this place would manage to find something to leave her birthday tinged with sorrow. But for a long moment it's all she can do to remember to actually breathe, and rather than try to resist the emotion she gives herself over to it, entirely unaware of anything else that might be happening around.)
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[personal profile] tosavecocoon 2018-12-30 10:37 pm (UTC)(link)
It's only after Vanille comes back from her wanderings with her friends that she makes her way back into the house. The two dogs greet her at the door, practically dragging her inside to find Phryne not at all looking like her normal. Vanille only pauses for a few moments before she carefully makes her way over.

"Phryne?" she asks quietly, looking more than a little concerned. If Phryne doesn't want her to be there, she won't push, but if this is what she thinks it is, she wants to be there for her housemate as best she can.
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[personal profile] tosavecocoon 2019-01-29 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
The expression on Phryne's face is more than enough to tell Vanille that all is not at all well. She'd suspected as much and this just confirms it. For a moment, she hesitates, watching to see if Phryne will say anything else before she speaks.

"Maybe... but memories can hurt the most," she says quietly. What she had seen on her wristband had been bad enough, a potential future she hadn't wanted to believe. What Phryne is talking about can be worse in some cases. Sometimes the memory of what happened before, and mistakes that were made, hurts more than any potential future ever could. "If you want to talk about it.. I'm still here."
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[personal profile] tosavecocoon 2019-02-14 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Vanille's natural curiosity is, admittedly, interested in seeing for herself. At the same time, she knows that this really isn't the right time for something like that, not if Phryne feels forced into divulging more than she's comfortable doing. So Vanille rests both of her hands over one of Phryne's and gives her head a shake.

"Only if you want to show me," she says firmly. "I've had memories of important events be shown to people before I was ready to talk. It's not right for anyone to force you into anything or for them to take away your right to choose. I'll watch... but only if you want to show me."
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[personal profile] tosavecocoon 2019-02-26 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
Vanille just nods quietly in response. She understands the difficulty of hard memories, no matter what kind they are. So she won't press. It's Phryne's memory to do what she wants with.

But instead of saying anything like that, she just reaches over with both arms to wrap her housemate up in a hug. "It'll be okay. Just... face it later." Famous last words.